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Exodus 9

BBE 1
Then the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go so that they may give me worship.
NIV 1
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, so that they may worship me."
BBE 2
For if you will not let them go, but still keep them in your power,
NIV 2
If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back,
BBE 3
Then the hand of the Lord will put on your cattle in the field, on the horses and the asses and the camels, on the herds and the flocks, a very evil disease.
NIV 3
the hand of the LORD will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the field--on your horses and donkeys and camels and on your cattle and sheep and goats.
BBE 4
And the Lord will make a division between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; there will be no loss of any of the cattle of Israel.
NIV 4
But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.' "
BBE 5
And the time was fixed by the Lord, and he said, Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.
NIV 5
The LORD set a time and said, "Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land."
BBE 6
And on the day after, the Lord did as he had said, causing the death of all the cattle of Egypt, but there was no loss of any of the cattle of Israel.
NIV 6
And the next day the LORD did it: All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.
BBE 7
And Pharaoh sent and got word that there was no loss of any of the cattle of Israel. But the heart of Pharaoh was hard and he did not let the people go.
NIV 7
Pharaoh sent men to investigate and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go.
BBE 8
And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, Take in your hand a little dust from the fire and let Moses send it in a shower up to heaven before the eyes of Pharaoh.
NIV 8
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Take handfuls of soot from a furnace and have Moses toss it into the air in the presence of Pharaoh.
BBE 9
And it will become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and will be a skin-disease bursting out in wounds on man and beast through all the land of Egypt.
NIV 9
It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on men and animals throughout the land."
BBE 10
So they took some dust from the fire, and placing themselves before Pharaoh, Moses sent it out in a shower up to heaven; and it became a skin-disease bursting out on man and on beast.
NIV 10
So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on men and animals.
BBE 11
And the wonder-workers were not able to take their places before Moses, because of the disease; for the disease was on the wonder-workers and on all the Egyptians.
NIV 11
The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils that were on them and on all the Egyptians.
BBE 12
And the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.
NIV 12
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said to Moses.
BBE 13
And the Lord said to Moses, Get up early in the morning and take your place before Pharaoh, and say to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go so that they may give me worship.
NIV 13
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me,
BBE 14
For this time I will send all my punishments on yourself and on your servants and on your people; so that you may see that there is no other like me in all the earth.
NIV 14
or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
BBE 15
For if I had put the full weight of my hand on you and your people, you would have been cut off from the earth:
NIV 15
For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth.
BBE 16
But, for this very reason, I have kept you from destruction, to make clear to you my power, and so that my name may be honoured through all the earth.
NIV 16
But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
BBE 17
Are you still uplifted in pride against my people so that you will not let them go?
NIV 17
You still set yourself against my people and will not let them go.
BBE 18
Truly, tomorrow about this time I will send down an ice-storm, such as never was in Egypt from its earliest days till now.
NIV 18
Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now.
BBE 19
Then send quickly and get in your cattle and all you have from the fields; for if any man or beast in the field has not been put under cover, the ice-storm will come down on them with destruction.
NIV 19
Give an order now to bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter, because the hail will fall on every man and animal that has not been brought in and is still out in the field, and they will die.' "
BBE 20
Then everyone among the servants of Pharaoh who had the fear of the Lord, made his servants and his cattle come quickly into the house:
NIV 20
Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside.
BBE 21
And he who gave no attention to the word of the Lord, kept his servants and his cattle in the field.
NIV 21
But those who ignored the word of the LORD left their slaves and livestock in the field.
BBE 22
And the Lord said to Moses, Now let your hand be stretched out to heaven so that there may be an ice-storm on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field through all the land of Egypt.
NIV 22
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that hail will fall all over Egypt--on men and animals and on everything growing in the fields of Egypt."
BBE 23
And Moses put out his rod to heaven: and the Lord sent thunder, and an ice-storm, and fire running down on the earth; the Lord sent an ice-storm on the land of Egypt.
NIV 23
When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt;
BBE 24
So there was an ice-storm with fire running through it, coming down with great force, such as never was in all the land of Egypt from the time when it became a nation.
NIV 24
hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.
BBE 25
And through all the land of Egypt the ice-storm came down on everything which was in the fields, on man and on beast; and every green plant was crushed and every tree of the field broken.
NIV 25
Throughout Egypt hail struck everything in the fields--both men and animals; it beat down everything growing in the fields and stripped every tree.
BBE 26
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no ice-storm.
NIV 26
The only place it did not hail was the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were.
BBE 27
Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have done evil this time: the Lord is upright, and I and my people are sinners.
NIV 27
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. "This time I have sinned," he said to them. "The LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.
BBE 28
Make prayer to the Lord; for there has been enough of these thunderings of God and this ice-storm; and I will let you go and will keep you no longer.
NIV 28
Pray to the LORD, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don't have to stay any longer."
BBE 29
And Moses said, When I am gone outside the town, my hands will be stretched out to the Lord; the thunders and the ice-storm will come to an end, so that you may see that the earth is the Lord's.
NIV 29
Moses replied, "When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands in prayer to the LORD. The thunder will stop and there will be no more hail, so you may know that the earth is the LORD's.
BBE 30
But as for you and your servants, I am certain that even now the fear of the Lord God will not be in your hearts.
NIV 30
But I know that you and your officials still do not fear the LORD God."
BBE 31
And the flax and the barley were damaged, for the barley was almost ready to be cut and the flax was in flower.
NIV 31
(The flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley had headed and the flax was in bloom.
BBE 32
But the rest of the grain-plants were undamaged, for they had not come up.
NIV 32
The wheat and spelt, however, were not destroyed, because they ripen later.)
BBE 33
So Moses went out of the town, and stretching out his hands made prayer to God: and the thunders and the ice-storm came to an end; and the fall of rain was stopped.
NIV 33
Then Moses left Pharaoh and went out of the city. He spread out his hands toward the LORD; the thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.
BBE 34
But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the ice-storm and the thunders were ended, he went on sinning, and made his heart hard, he and his servants.
NIV 34
When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts.
BBE 35
And the heart of Pharaoh was hard, and he did not let the people go, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Moses.
NIV 35
So Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.

New International Version

Exodus 9

NIV 1
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, so that they may worship me."
NIV 2
If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back,
NIV 3
the hand of the LORD will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the field--on your horses and donkeys and camels and on your cattle and sheep and goats.
NIV 4
But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.' "
NIV 5
The LORD set a time and said, "Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land."
NIV 6
And the next day the LORD did it: All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.
NIV 7
Pharaoh sent men to investigate and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go.
NIV 8
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Take handfuls of soot from a furnace and have Moses toss it into the air in the presence of Pharaoh.
NIV 9
It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on men and animals throughout the land."
NIV 10
So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on men and animals.
NIV 11
The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils that were on them and on all the Egyptians.
NIV 12
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said to Moses.
NIV 13
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me,
NIV 14
or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
NIV 15
For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth.
NIV 16
But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
NIV 17
You still set yourself against my people and will not let them go.
NIV 18
Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now.
NIV 19
Give an order now to bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter, because the hail will fall on every man and animal that has not been brought in and is still out in the field, and they will die.' "
NIV 20
Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside.
NIV 21
But those who ignored the word of the LORD left their slaves and livestock in the field.
NIV 22
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that hail will fall all over Egypt--on men and animals and on everything growing in the fields of Egypt."
NIV 23
When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt;
NIV 24
hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.
NIV 25
Throughout Egypt hail struck everything in the fields--both men and animals; it beat down everything growing in the fields and stripped every tree.
NIV 26
The only place it did not hail was the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were.
NIV 27
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. "This time I have sinned," he said to them. "The LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.
NIV 28
Pray to the LORD, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don't have to stay any longer."
NIV 29
Moses replied, "When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands in prayer to the LORD. The thunder will stop and there will be no more hail, so you may know that the earth is the LORD's.
NIV 30
But I know that you and your officials still do not fear the LORD God."
NIV 31
(The flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley had headed and the flax was in bloom.
NIV 32
The wheat and spelt, however, were not destroyed, because they ripen later.)
NIV 33
Then Moses left Pharaoh and went out of the city. He spread out his hands toward the LORD; the thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.
NIV 34
When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts.
NIV 35
So Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.